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Sick Pelicans Keep Washing Up on Costa Rica’s Pacific Beaches and Nobody Knows Why

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If a pelican walks toward you on the beach, something is wrong with that bird. Don't touch it. Sick, disoriented and dead pelicans have...
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Canada is now the fastest growing source of tourists to Costa Rica

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More Canadians are flying to Costa Rica this year than at any point on record, and the gap between them and every other market...
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Climate Change Could Dull the Brilliant Blue of Costa Rica’s Morpho Butterflies

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One of Costa Rica’s most recognizable butterflies could become a little less brilliant as temperatures rise. A new study found that unusually hot temperatures...
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Route 32 Closed for Court-Ordered Investigation

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If you are driving between San José and the Caribbean coast this morning, you cannot get through on Route 32. A one-kilometer (0.6-mile) stretch...
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Playa Panamá Residents March to Restart Stalled Papagayo Projects

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Residents of Playa Panamá marched on Sunday, calling for stalled tourism projects in the Gulf of Papagayo to move forward, saying the delays are...
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Four Seasons Costa Rica Unveils New Papagayo Suites

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Four Seasons Resort Peninsula Papagayo has unveiled 10 new one-bedroom suites as part of a larger renovation of the luxury resort on Costa Rica’s...
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Is Costa Rica’s 98% Literacy Rate Really Accurate?

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Costa Rica has long promoted itself as the most literate country in Central America, and by the numbers it is. Government statistics put the...
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Google Wins Auction for Spirit Airlines’ Massive Data Archive, Raising Privacy Alarms

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For all us fun that have flown Spirit to Costa Rica, it was announced that Spirit Airlines has agreed to sell a sprawling trove...
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Rain Returns to Costa Rica Tonight on Ground That Cannot Take Much More

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More rain is coming tonight, and where it lands matters more than how much falls. Tropical Wave (a stretch of unsettled air that moves...
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Scientists Name the Fault Behind Costa Rica’s Coronado Earthquakes

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Costa Rica's seismologists now have a name for what shook the Central Valley awake yesterday, and it comes with a history. The National Seismological...
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IKEA Maps Out Its Costa Rica Rollout in Three Locations

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IKEA has identified the first three sites it plans to operate in Costa Rica, giving the clearest picture yet of how the Swedish home...
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Costa Rica Is Setting Tourism Records and Its Hotels and Restaurants Are Still Losing Ground

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Costa Rica is taking in more tourists and more foreign currency than it ever has however, its hotels and restaurants are not doing well....
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Costa Rica Relies on One Machine for Key Cancer Treatment

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Costa Rica’s public health system depends on a single machine at Hospital México to provide an important form of cancer treatment, leaving patients vulnerable...
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Coronado’s Strongest Quake Since 1952 Produced 60 Aftershocks and One False Alarm

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The two quakes that woke the Central Valley before dawn today were the strongest recorded in the Coronado area in more than seven decades,...
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Sick Pelicans Keep Washing Up on Costa Rica’s Pacific Beaches and Nobody Knows Why

If a pelican walks toward you on the beach, something is wrong with that bird. Don't touch it. Sick, disoriented and dead pelicans have...
Read more

Canada is now the fastest growing source of tourists to Costa Rica

More Canadians are flying to Costa Rica this year than at any point on record, and the gap between them and every other market...
Read more

Climate Change Could Dull the Brilliant Blue of Costa Rica’s Morpho Butterflies

One of Costa Rica’s most recognizable butterflies could become a little less brilliant as temperatures rise. A new study found that unusually hot temperatures...
Read more

Route 32 Closed for Court-Ordered Investigation

If you are driving between San José and the Caribbean coast this morning, you cannot get through on Route 32. A one-kilometer (0.6-mile) stretch...
Read more
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